Justin Case
09-18-2010, 03:20 PM
Florida Woman Bags Big Gator With Crossbow
[Arianne] Prevost, 23 . . . claimed the 11-foot gator at about 9 p.m. Tuesday in marshland between Lake Washington and Lake Winder.
http://www.fieldandstream.com/files/imagecache/photo-article/photo/18/bilde.jpg
[Her guide Capt. Peter] Deeks said the gator wasn't weighed, but based on its girth he estimated it between 400 and 450 pounds. He estimated its age at about 30 years old.
"It was a total archery kill," Deeks said, adding Prevost shot the gator several times with a crossbow and finished it with a broadhead. Prevost is having the meat harvested and the gator half-mounted.
After all, it was her first noteworthy kill of any kind.
Looks as though this gator could swallow Prevost in one bite, right?
http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2009/09/florida-woman-bags-big-gator-crossbow
EDIT, September 16, 2009, sorry, i thought it was this year when i posted.
Mass. Woman Bags Giant Gator
1,025 Pound Alligator Caught In South Carolina Lake
POSTED: 6:20 am EDT September 18, 2010
UPDATED: 6:50 am EDT September 18, 2010
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/2010/0918/25063497_320X240.jpg
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A Massachusetts woman has a remarkable souvenir to take back home from South Carolina.
Maryellen Mara-Christian bagged a 13½-foot 1,025-pound alligator in Lake Moultrie. Mara-Christian said Friday that she is an experienced hunter, but this was her first gator.
The 48-year-old former bank marketing officer from Fitchburg, Mass., was hunting Wednesday with her husband, who is a firefighter and a part-time hunting guide. It took about two hours to secure the gator before they could shoot it.
The .22-caliber gun they used wasn't powerful enough to put the animal down, so Mara-Christian used a knife to sever the alligator's spinal cord.
Meat processor Steve Drummond said the gator had so much fat that only about 40 pounds was usable meat. He will stuff the animal for Mara-Christian to display.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/r/25063286/detail.html
[Arianne] Prevost, 23 . . . claimed the 11-foot gator at about 9 p.m. Tuesday in marshland between Lake Washington and Lake Winder.
http://www.fieldandstream.com/files/imagecache/photo-article/photo/18/bilde.jpg
[Her guide Capt. Peter] Deeks said the gator wasn't weighed, but based on its girth he estimated it between 400 and 450 pounds. He estimated its age at about 30 years old.
"It was a total archery kill," Deeks said, adding Prevost shot the gator several times with a crossbow and finished it with a broadhead. Prevost is having the meat harvested and the gator half-mounted.
After all, it was her first noteworthy kill of any kind.
Looks as though this gator could swallow Prevost in one bite, right?
http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2009/09/florida-woman-bags-big-gator-crossbow
EDIT, September 16, 2009, sorry, i thought it was this year when i posted.
Mass. Woman Bags Giant Gator
1,025 Pound Alligator Caught In South Carolina Lake
POSTED: 6:20 am EDT September 18, 2010
UPDATED: 6:50 am EDT September 18, 2010
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/2010/0918/25063497_320X240.jpg
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A Massachusetts woman has a remarkable souvenir to take back home from South Carolina.
Maryellen Mara-Christian bagged a 13½-foot 1,025-pound alligator in Lake Moultrie. Mara-Christian said Friday that she is an experienced hunter, but this was her first gator.
The 48-year-old former bank marketing officer from Fitchburg, Mass., was hunting Wednesday with her husband, who is a firefighter and a part-time hunting guide. It took about two hours to secure the gator before they could shoot it.
The .22-caliber gun they used wasn't powerful enough to put the animal down, so Mara-Christian used a knife to sever the alligator's spinal cord.
Meat processor Steve Drummond said the gator had so much fat that only about 40 pounds was usable meat. He will stuff the animal for Mara-Christian to display.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/r/25063286/detail.html